Elastic webbing.



PATBNTED MAY 12, 1908.

s. K0Ps. ELASTIC WEBBING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28,1907.

' oi the United Stiites, residing at SAMUEL ROPE, OF

NEW YORK-i, N. Y.

ELASTIG WET To oil whom may concern:

Be it known that i, SAMUEL noes, s, citizen the horn ugh of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an imprrweinent in Elastic W'ebbin oi" Which-tho iollon'ino 15 n specification.

Elastic Webbing lor hose supporters is parnlioi sided and of predeternnnei Widths with- .in narrow limits; the width of said Webbing limits the length of the line oi sewing connecting the some to n corset or eorset'wnist, eonsequently the strain is not distrilmted over as large an ores us is desirsble end if the elastic webbing were wide as is (lQSllfi-blfil tor distrilmting the strain, the champ and other metal parts would he inineoossnrily wide, large, clumsy and expensive.

in the device of my invention .l overcome these objections by imilring the ell-is 0 webbing tapering and in view of the foot that the niiljustmont of the chimp is eoinpnrntively slight the varying width of the elastic webbiog for this amount of adjustment is negiigible.

i have discovered that av given or redetormined length of elastic w-o hing sulhcient for the hose supporter can be woven taperin so that the width at the wide end is almost nouble the Width at the narrower end. I have also discovered that these tapering lengths can be made rontinuous and r ,versed, that is, in :1, Continuous strip in which two Wide ends come together and two narrow ends come together; the continuous strip being severed at these points into separate elastic supporters. I have also discovered that the union of the Wider ends can be prolonged and the weaving clmnged as show and desorihed in on 2L}I) [}ll('ztil0ll for Letters lhitent Serial .No. 376,087 liled by me ronr-urrently herewith, and in which I. have shown and do scribed elasl ir portions woven under tension at substantially the elnstir limit of the oo1nploted webbing, and ndjneent parts that are woven without. tension or under normal conditions.

I prefer to employ in connection with the tapering strips For the present application, sections that are formed between the wider ends of the tapering strips which are Woven continuous with said strips and under normal i-omlitions without tension, so that While the tapering strips are (til iii the intersection ol' the nnrrower ports the said sections Woven under normal conditions my be centrally rut Es'peeificotion 092 Letters Patent.

Application filed Kay 23, 1907. Serial 3T0,

. limit the so as to constitute ports to he sowed into the corset.

In the drawing, i ignre l is a lsn repre senting a strip of oinstie and non-n nstie webhlng adepie l to be out up leiwths. 32 is it sore ml or broken plan view of a l ose supporter neca'nihng to my invention. ifii etion at the dotted line I, oi s.-

cross section i r it undei tension no at and:

this art, and tions from :1 4 length for the eh'istie p, porters 'lheseot i,

notions is o t sections; snid seeti length to the proporuon of the s'otions oa. These sections i; l; are Woven in normal eondition Without tension. and substsintioiiy non-elastic with the elastic strands of normal proportions and heenuso of their wesving wit rout tension, the worn threads are taut and the Weft threads of the wearing are close together, compact nnd solid; the elastic strands of full proportions Without tension being held between the We on threads. This length is sdnp ted to be out up at the line 3 the narrower portions of the sections aand at. the lines 4 centrally of the nonelestio sections b i).

Fi 3 shows the einsiio si'rziinis and tire weaving through the seeti a woven under tension, rind Fig. 4 the seetion th ens-h the parts Woven under normal renditions without tension, or in other words, the non-elitetie parts, and in Fig, 22 with the inhric, I hove shown 2!, clamp (r, a loop r1, 21 pints e and n hookj'connected to the elastic portion of the strip and going,- in conneetion therewith to form the hose supporter complete.

The section i; is to be sewed into a corset, sold for attachment to n corset or attached to a corset-waist, and by the non-elastic part the elastic strands are held in the threads firmly so that the strands in the port '(3 when put under tension have sii'tnbie anchorage in their i-ontinnous the part i) throughout, a

i lk o to hose supporter ing s oontinuetion thereof from. the Wide end of the Webbing woven under normal con ditions ithout tension, the narrow end being adapted for connection with the metal parts of s, supporter and the wide end to he sewed into position for use.

2. An elastic webbing for hose sunporter formed narrow at one end and wide at the other end, said strip being Woven under ten sion and a. pert forming at continuation thereof from the Wide end of the Webbing Woven under normal conditions Without tension, in rich elastic strands of greater cross sec tlonel area. are held firmly in position, the

\, narrow end of the elastic. fabric being adopted for connection to the netsi parts of the hose supporter in} d the wide non-elastic end to he sewed to a. garment or corset.

An elastic wei'ihing for hose supporters, formed of continuous strip oi series of alternating sections, one series of alternating soe- T110118 bein ermed of elastic webbing woven under tension end of e i'ength equal to the elaslng iro the center toward the ends, ant intermediate sections from the wider ends of snid ports Woven under normal conditions Withouttensiori, each of the sections of the series being adapted to be severed centrally to form the tapering hose supporter fabric.

i. A length of elastic Webbing adapted. to out up'into hose supporters, corn rising elternete sections of predetermined ength and tapering throughout their length in opposits direct-ions from a central point, which. are loose Woven or with spaced Weft threads edaptedto yield under tension, and alternate short sections tight Woven or with close Weft threads so as to ho comparatively non-elastic, the said length of webbing to be severed at intermediate points in the respective sections to form hose supporters of the desired length. I

Signed by me this 24th day of May, 1907.

SAMUEL KOPS. Witnesses v ARTHUR H. SERRELL, E. Ziiiormnmsnii. 

